Insect-trap.



J. E. BREWER.

INSECT TRAP.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 20. 1914.

1,148,748. Patented Aug. 3,1915.

(June/Moi J- E- EREwER James E. snnwna, or rmsoiv, TENNESSEE.

INSECT-TRAP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. BREWER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pin-, son, in the county ofMadison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Insect-Traps, of which thefollowing is a specification,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings. a

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in traps, andparticularly to trapsfor destroying flying insects.

An object of this invention is the provision of a trap which is adaptedforuse in catching insects during the day time, and which is alsoprovided with means for attracting the insects at night. I p

A further object of this invention is the provision of a trap whichcomprises a pair of uprights in which the opposite reduced ends ofrollers are m'ounted,the rollers carrying apaper or cloth belt coatedwith adhesive substance, and the rollers being rotated by a suitablemotor supported upon one of the uprights, the insects when flyingagainst the belt being held thereon by the adhesive coating, the endlessbelt carrying the adhesive substance being readily removable from therollers whenfilled, so that the rollers may be used indefinitely.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a trap ofthis'character upon the uprights of which the opposite ends of a lampbracket are connected, the intermediate portion of the bracket whichsupports the lamp being bowed to one side of the uprights, so that thelamp which attracts the insects at night is disposed to one side of therollers.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved trap; Fig. 2 is afront elevational view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1.

' Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates apair of uprights or standards, which areosupported at their lower endsupon suitable feet 2, and

Specification of IietterslPatent. I

Patented A11 3, 1915.

Application filed June 20, 1914. Serial No. 846,386.

being connected together at their upper and lower ends by cross rods 3.

Mountedin transversely alined openings 4 in the standards 1 are thereduced ends of rollers 5, upon which are disposed an endless belt 6which is covered with any desired non-hardening adhesive substance, suchas isused on ordinary fly paper. Keyed on one end of each of the rollers5 is'a sprocket wheel 7, and mounted upon theextremity of the uppermostroller outwardly of the sprocket wheel 7 is a gear wheel 8, the sprocketwheels being connected together by a suitable sprocket chain 9.

Connected to one of the standards above the'uppermost roller, is a motorcasing 10 in which a suitable spring motor or the like (not shown) iscontained, the motor including a gear wheel 11 which meshes with thegear wheel 8- so that upon operation of the motor, all of the rollers 5are simultaneously operated through the medium of the sprocket chain 9which engages the sprocket wheels 7 on the reduced ends of therollers.

Disposedbe'tween the standards above the uppermost roller is a tank'12which contains a fluid 13, the fluid 13'being preferably molasses orsweetened water, so that insects will be attracted thereby, the tank 12being providedon its opposite ends with upstanding handles 14. Carriedupon the inwardly extending collarswhich receive the opposite ends ofthe upper cross rod 3 are depending pulleys 15, and mounted in asuitable yoke connected to the upper end of the standards 1 on theopposite side of the device from the motorlO, is a similar pulley 16, apair of operating cords 17 being passed over the pulley 16, one end ofthe cords extending over one of the pulleys 15 and being thence disposeddownwardly to be connected to one of the handles 14 of the tank, the endof the other cord 17 being disposed across the frame and over the otherpulley 15 and engaged with the handle 14 on the opposite end of the tank12. The free ends of the operating cords extend downwardly forengagement with a keeper 18 which is connected to the standards belowthe pulley 16. Connected to the standards intermediate of their ends arethe opposite ends of a bowed supporting bracket 19 which has an enlargedapertured lug 20 intermediate of its ends,

the supporting stem 21 of a lamp 22 being disposed through the openingin the lug 20,

whereby thelampi is disposed to one side of the rollers so that When thelamp is lighted,

the heat of the same will not scorch 'or burn Y the adhesive coating 2upon theuppermost roller.

In the practical use of my improvedtrap, the same is placedin afield oropen space, With the tank 12 containing the molasses 13 or the likesupported upon the cords above the uppermost roller. During the daytime, the lamp 22 is extinguished and the motor is operated to rotatethe rollers 5 through the medium of the gear'Wheels l land 8 and thesprocket Wheels 7 which are engaged by th'echain 9, andit will be seenthat the insects attracted by the" molasses contained 0 Within the tankand the adhesive coating 011 the belt 6 carried by the rollers 5 willfly against the rollers or into the tank and be caught.- At night thelamp 22islighted', and the insects are attracted by the light of thelamp, and flying around the same Will caught on the coating of thetubes.

engage against the-rollers and Will thus be The rollers are continuouslyrotated to dispose different portions thereof toward the lamp 22 Whichis supported to one side of the Were the tube supports stationary. ItWill be seen; that When it is desired to empty the molasses 13 or othermaterial carried in the tank 12 to renew the same,'the tank 12 may bereadily lowered to the ground by 'dise engaging the free ends of thecords 17 from A the hook 18, and upon replenishment of the Copies ofthis patent may be obtained i301." five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

tank, the same may be again elevated to the desired position above theuppermost roller nection with the accompanying drawing, it

"Will be seen-that I'have provided a trap r for catching flying insectsWhich is equally effective both during the day time and at night, thetrap requiring no attention except to. light and extinguish the lamp-22and to replace the tubes 6 on the rollers and the liquid 13 in the tankat intervals When the same become filled With insects; y The devicecomprises a minimum'number of partsso that the same may be cheaply.manufactured and is extremely efficient and durable; in use.

Having thus fully described invention,

What- I desire to claim and secure by Letters-Patent, is

In an insect trap, the frame including spaced vertical standardsconnected by a cross bar at their upper ends, a series of rollersjournaled between the combination With a' From the above descrlptlon,taken in constandards, an endless apron engaged upon said rollers, meansmounted upon theframe for positively drivingsaidapron, hanger guidesfixed to the cross bar of the frame,- a lurecontainer substantiallyequivalent in;

Width to the apron and disposed above the same, and flexible memberstrained over said guides and connected to opposite ends of saidcontainer to vertically adjust the same between the apron and thecrossbar of the frame and also to permit the con tainer to be lowered toreplenish the lure.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my I signature inthe presence oftWo Witnesses. I JAMES E. BREWER. Witnesses: p 7

E. L. MCOALLVUM, T. S. ZINJ Washington, D. 0.

